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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1917
Page
6
A city boy learns to build and use a low bent summer sled from two barrel staves and crosspiece wood. With candle wax for runners and rope for a tow, readers are guided to carve, assemble, grease, and coast down grassy hills, enjoying a summer pastime.
A historical note describes Irish beliefs in fairies and their powers. Practices included saying milk is for the fairies after spills and crying out to fairies when throwing bottles from windows. A horseshoe over doors supposedly kept fairies away, sewing a piece of iron in infants clothes protected them, and a water-filled vessel at night deterred fairies from touching food.
The Milan wall painting Lassupger by Leonardo da Vinci reportedly used Pietro Bandinelli as the model for Jesus after years of seeking a suitable face. The twist comes when Bandinelli later becomes the model for Judas, revealing the artist painted him before as Christ and again as the traitor after Bandinelli’s fall into vice.
The city of Kumbum in Tibet houses a vast monastery complex where thousands of priests live and worship. Priests are shaved and wear red and yellow robes, many remain in religious seclusion, while some own modest homes or larger dwellings. Wealth disparities exist among clergy, with the richer priests employing poorer ones as servants.
Curious school customs describe how diligent students may smoke during lessons in Mexican schools. After class approval, even young pupils light cigarettes while the teacher smokes a large cigar. Only the master may drink, keeping a liquor bottle on his desk that sparks parental disputes when empty.
A historical card reading guide explains card meanings for diamonds hearts clubs and spades with numbers mapping to events such as letters marriage money and journeys. It describes shuffling cutting forming piles reading top cards and distributing cards to seven piles revealing personal outcomes.
Ancient lore links owl hoots and screeches to weather shifts and misfortune. Birds like peacocks ducks and even the stormy petrel signal stormy days while doves seek safety delaying returns. A crow on an overhanging head warns of evils and care is urged when birds cluster near vessels or house occupants.
A study of sleeping customs across nations reveals wide variation in sleeping arrangements and materials. Europeans prefer soft pillows, Japanese use a hard wooden block on a floor mat, Chinese favor low carved beds, and tropical peoples curl in hammocks. Americans endure winter with blankets and open windows while Russians seek stove heat and cold streams. Germans favor feather beds, but forewarning cold discomfort remains for some.
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